Eyeglasses.



S. J. CLULEE.

EYEGLASSES. APPLICATION FILED AUG-8.1912.

Patented May 9, 1916.

ATRNEYS THE COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH 50., WASHINGTON, D. c.

an mans FTQEQ STEPHEN J. CLULEE, OF ATTLEBORO, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOB, T0 BAY STATE OPTICAL COMPANY, OF ATTLEBOBO,MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF IVIAINE.

EYEGLASSES.

Application filed August 8, 1912.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, STEPHEN J. GLULEE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Attleboro, in the county of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Eyeglasses, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. I

This invention relates to eye-glasses, and with regard to certainimore specific fea tures thereof, to improvements in eye-glass mountings.

' One of the objects of the present invention is to provide an eye-glass mounting which will be easy to construct and assemble and inexpensive to manufacture.

Another object is to provide an eye-glass mounting which will be simple and practical in its construction and automatic in its adjustment to noses of different. shapes. 7

I A further object is to provide a durable and compact'eye-glass mounting of the last above-mentioned character which may be manually adjusted in various ways.

Other objects will be in part obvious and in part pointed out hereinafter.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combinations of elements and arrangement, of parts which will be exemplified in the construction hereina fter set forth, and. the scope of the application of which will. beindicated in the following claims.

ln. the accompanying drawing, wherein is shown one of variouspossible embodiments of this invention,Figure 1 is a rear elevation showing one-half of a complete mounting; Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the part shown in Fig. 1; Fig.3 is a bottom plan view of a portion of the mountingshown in Figs. 1 and 2; Fig. 4 shows the parts in disconnected position; and Fig. 5 is a detail view, partly in section. I

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout the different views of the drawing. g

Referring now in detail tothe drawing, and more particularly to Fig. 1, aisaddle or bridge portion '1 is provided with. field pieces 2 at each ,end thereof, upon which guard arms 8 are mounted to turn. Provided at the extreme ends are clamping lugs Specification of Letters Patent. I

Patented May 9, 1916. Serial No. 713,953.

i adapted to hold lenses 5 securely against supporting shoes or straps 6.

Each field piece comprises a relatively wide fiat portion having an upper bearing surface 7 upon which the guard arm turns,

and is provided with a vertically disposed cylindrical hole or opening 8. Mounted in this hole is a tubular member 9 having a hearing flange or collar 10 adapted to rest upon the upper surface of the guard arm 3 and hold it in place. This tubular member is split its entire length, as indicated at 12 (Fig. 5), to permit contraction and expansion thereof when springing the member in the support and when adjusting its position, as will be more fully hereinafter explained. The upper part of the slot eX- tending longitudinally of the tubular memthe head 20 of which is tapered, as indicated by the surface 21. The inner edge of the tubular member is also tapered or beveled, as indicated at 22, but at a more acute angle, whereby as the screw is tightened, the head will engage the outer end of the beveled surface 22 and flare the same outwardly to firmly hold the tubular member in adjusted position by its frictional contact with the inner wall of the opening 8. It will also be noted that the head 20 of the screw is of a diameter equal to or less than the diameter of the hole 8, thus making it possible, whenassembling the parts, to insert the screw in the tubular member before the member is passed through the opening in the field piece, after which the parts may be ad justed to their final position and the screw tightened to hold the parts in their adjusted position.

The tubular member 9 is not only, split, as previously stated, entirely along one side, but is also provided, at its upper end, with a small notch 3 diametrically opposite the split 12 to permit the reception of a screw driver for the purpose ofturning the tubution.

While the method of use and operation of a device of this character will probablybe obvious from the above description, a brief statement thereof is as follows: In mounting the eye-glasses upon the nose, the actuating arms 2% at the front end of the guardarms are grasped between the thumb and finger and moved toward each other to separate the guards 18 at the rear. Thismovement also tends to increase the tension of the spiral spring 15 positioned about the tubular member 9. On releasing theactuating arms the springs will force the guards toward each other and against the sides of the nose, thus securely holding the glasses in place. As the guards are pivotally mounted at 25 upon the rear ends of the guard arms they will, of course, more easily conform tothe peculiar inclination of the nose of the wearer.

If it, becomes necessary to increase or decrease the tension of the spring, the adjusting screw 19 on the under side'of the field piece is released to relieve the wedgingrpressure upon the beveled surface 22 of the tubular member 9. A screw driver is theninserted in the upper end of the split 12 and notch 23 and the tubular member rotated thev desired amount. It is held in this position until the adjusting screw can again be tightened to hold the parts firmly in adjusted position, as above described.

Itis thus seen that this invention. provides a simple and practical eye-glass mounting adapted to accomplish, among others, all of the objects and advantages above set forth.

As many changes could be made in the above construction and many apparently widely different embodiments of this invention could be made without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all mattercontained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawing shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense. It is also to be understood that the language used in the following. claims is intended to cover all of the generic and specific features ofthe inventionherein described and all statements of the scope of the invention, which, as a matter of language, might be said to fall therebetween.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters I Patent is I r 1. In finger-piece eyeglasses,in combination, a supporting member having an openlng, a guard lever to turn thereon and having a registering opening, a,- pivot extending through said openings and having an eX- pivot. v

r 3. In a device of the class described, in combination, a memberiprovlded with an opening, asplit tubular member sprung into said opening, and a sprin-g actuatedguard- -arm. mounted to turn on said first-mentioned -member.

4:. In aidevice of the -class -described, ---in combination, a member PIOVICIQd W IlElI an adapted to engage thesame,-the-taper-of said sorew beingmore abrupt th an-that of .said' flaring mouth, and v a springactuated guard-arm mounted to turnon one side of said first-mentioned member.

5. In th ClGVlC of'theolass deser1bed, 1n combination, 1 a member oprovlded with (i an into said-opening,- a spring actuated-guard armadapted to turnonsaid pivot pin, an d a notch in said tubularmember opposite the split adapted to receive a holding tool.

6. In a device of the olass described,-in combination,- a member provided with an opening, a split tubular pivot pin sprung into said opening, a-guard-arm adapted-to turn on said-pivot pin, and aspring adapte'd to act upon the guard arm and-the pivotpin.

7. In a device ofthe-classdescribed, in combination, a member provided ;-with an opening, a split pivot pin mounted 'in said opening, a screw threadedrin said'pinhaving a tapered portion-adapted [to engage and tend to" expand theipiv'ot pina spring act-uated guard arm mounted upon said pivot pin, and means for holding theguard-arm in place.

8. In a device of the class described in combination, a supporting member having an opening, an eXpansible pivot pin mounted in said opening, a guard arm adapted-to turn on said. pivot pin, said pivot pin having a flaring mouth,- and a screw positioned withimsaidmouth and having a tapered portionadapted to engage "the same, the

head ofthe-screwbeingof a SIZBitO vpass through said? opening.

opening, a second member in said opening having a fiarmg mouth, a :screw POSltlOIlGd. within said mouth having a tapered portion opening, iasplit: tubular pivot pinsprung 9. In a device of the class described, in combination, a saddle having a field piece provided with an opening, amember in said opening having a flaring mouth, a screw positioned within said mouth having a portion tapered at a greater angle than the flare to said mouth, and a spring coil about said pivot pin and having its free end coacting with the guard arm to urge the guard carried thereby toward the side of the nose.

10. In a device of the class described, in

combination, a supporting member provided with an opening, a second member rotatably mounted in said opening, a guard arm mounted to turn on said member, a spring interposed between said member and guard arm, and a screw in said member having a head adapted to pass through the opening in the supporting member, said second member having a notch at the end opposite the screw adapted to receive a screw driver for turning the same.

11.In a device ofthe class described, in combination, a bridge connection, aswinging lever carrying a nose grip, a split tubular member rotatably mounted in one of the two first mentioned parts, a spring surrounding said member and directly connected at one end thereto and at the other. end to the other of said first mentioned parts, and means for securing said member in any desired angular adjustment, comprising a wedge adapted to expand said tubular mom ber.

12. In a device of the class described, in combination, a bridge connection, a swinging lever carrying a nose grip, a split tubular member rotatably mounted in an opening in one of the two first mentioned parts, a spring surrounding said member and directly connected at one end thereto and at the other end to the other of said first men-,-

tionedparts, and means for securing said member many desired angular adyustment, COIIIPIlSlIlg a screw threaded into said tubular member having ahead adapted to pass- STEPHEN J. CLULEE.

Witnesses: V

WALTER A. BRIGGS, JOSEPH A. DONOVAN.

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